I read in Mr Brown yesterday about how our Singapore Silver girl, Li Jiawei, was interviewed by China Central Television and during the interview, she said:

"自己是个北京人, 又是中国人。 我希望能在自己的本土， 自己的地盘上， 能够取得一枚奖牌。"My Chinese is quite bad, but even I can grasp more or less what she's saying.  IMO, that's not a very bright thing to say, especially when people ( Read more... )

...of how reporters don't know what they're talking about: I'm sure some of you would have heard by now of the recent incident where a Qantas B744 suffered a hull breach at the starboard wing root fairing which led to an explosive decompression.  BBC gave a very thorough and comprehensive report on the incident (complete with diagram), explaining ( Read more... )

Today I read an article in the newspapers that told me again why when you read an article, you're only reading as much as the reporter writing it knows (or wants to know):http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_260960.html

July 25, 2008
Garuda ( Read more... )

http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_249333.html

June 19, 2008
Pint-sized stickkey is one 'smart' cardBy Tan Weizhen ( Read more... )

"From the SAF point of view, no commander wants to lose a man.  In wartime, yes, but in peacetime, no commander wants to lose a man.  So from the SAF's point of view, every commander would want to make sure that procedures are properly followed and that we have confidence in our commanders and military."
Come again?  So in wartime, yes, commanders ( Read more... )

I read something in the news recently which troubled me greatly.( Woman fined for letting dog under her care bite girl, three )

It is no secret that I think Mr Wang is a very smart man.  I am very impressed with the way he analyses things, to the point where I would feel much more confident about the Government if he were in the Government (but somehow I doubt Mr Wang would want to, heh).  However, I do hope that the people in the Government at least pay attention to and ( Read more... )

Looks like marriage isn't forever, but some other decisions are.Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and ( Read more... )

There is a very interesting article in the news today about this man who was caught 16 years ago for allegedly trafficking in 1kg of cannabis because he gave a lift to his colleague who was caught with the drugs.  He was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal because his accomplice went into hiding and could not be found.  16 years later, ( Read more... )

"For example, encumbering an organisation with unwieldy rules and processes may look good on paper, but in practice will simply generate a false sense of security, while hindering the organisation from functioning efficiently and achieve its goals."

-PM Lee Hsien Loong
When I read this, the first thing I thought was: "THEN WHY THE BLOODY HELL DO WE ( Read more... )